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We need to discuss the potential collapse of democracy in the United States. We need to, but we can’t. David Waldman and Greg Dworkin are overwhelmed by the effects of Omicron, as everyone in America is, whether they’ve caught it yet or not.

 Joe Biden has been aiming at the Pandemic for a year, but it is a fast-moving target and Americans aren’t awfully agile. Then there are the Karens and the Bethanys and assorted nutballs to contend with… along with the unvaccinated, are transforming a “mild” variant into a catastrophic disaster. When experts find themselves perplexed, who do regular people trust? 

COVID floods school systems but without teachers, or adult supervision, security, or control, should schools be open right now? It’s not like they are a Red Lobster.